Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national coordinator Akash Anand on Saturday kicked off his Lok Sabha election campaign from the Nagina parliamentary seat in western Uttar Pradesh. Without naming him, Mr. Anand targeted Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad for “misleading Dalit youths” and ruining their careers by involving them in protests that led to cases being registered against them.
Mr. Anand said the BSP believed in “positive politics” based on justice for marginalised sections whereas some were indulging in “negative politics”. Mr. Azad is contesting from Nagina as a candidate of the Azad Samaj Party (ASP), which he founded.
“Some people take our people out on the streets for protest, but after fulfilling their personal aim, they renounce you. They mislead people, get cases registered on you and run away. Such negative politics need to be rejected,” Mr. Anand said, without naming Mr. Azad, at an election rally in the Hindu College here.
